Easter Eggstravaganza

We had our Easter Eggstravaganza at church today.  There were all sorts of activities for the kids and of course the usual Easter egg hunts.  Grannie and I took Jay and my parents met us up at church.  Jay had a blast!  Here he is making a nbeaded necklace with Nana and Papa:

He also decorated a butterfly shaped sugar cookie:

Papa must have looked like he wanted some icing from the cookie, so Jay helped him out:

The little kid egg hunt was on the church playground, and Jay was very excited!  His Easter egg Basket this year looks like an elephant! He was so excited when he saw his "Easter Bobo!!" Here he is waiting to start the egg hunt:

Let the hunt begin:

Jay saw an egg hidden on one of the slides and just HAD to climb up and slide down the slide to get it:

Success!  At this point Jay decided that playing on the playground was much more fun than hunting for eggs.  :0) 

Jay also dyed an Easter egg and had a glittery white dove painted on his face.  He thought the glitter was pretty awesome!  By the time we got back to Grannie's house, he was one tired little boy!     

Church Newsletter

Our pastor writes an article for our church newsletter every week.  This week he talked about Jay leading the Palm Sunday Processional in his article.  I thought I'd share it with you guys too:

PALM SUNDAY

You might be a

Methodist if you

like Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday at RHUMC is always somewhat out of

the ordinary. A few years ago, in this column, I reported

that we had a bona fide jackass in the church

on Palm Sunday. Several women asked if this was

a veiled reference to their spouses. It was not, at

least not on that particular Palm Sunday. The Donkey

was here again this year, along with a dozen

colored chicks, a miniature cow, ducks, rabbits,

goats, pigs and something that resembled a unicorn.

I’m sure it was not a genuine unicorn although it had

a pink tail.

The procession was led by Jay Travis, who was

baptized in this church on Easter Sunday 2008.

This palm parade was the first of many to come for

him. I reported to the congregation that no animals

were harmed during the Palm Sunday procession

but it seemed that I was mistaken. We had a baby

chick, purple I think, that was grasped too tightly and

appeared asphyxiated. But as he was returned to

the animal trailer he resuscitated. Someone commented

that he was a highly intelligent infant

chicken. I concur with that assessment.

The Gospel of Luke comments on the Palm Parade

by saying, The disciples began to praise God joyfully

and with a loud voice...saying, “Blessed is the

King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in

heaven and glory in the highest heaven.” And that

is what we did in worship and that is why I like Palm

Sunday.

 

Shalom,

Howard

Palm Sunday

Our church has a fun tradition for Plam Sunday.  It has gone on for as long as my husband, who was raised in the church, can remember, and is something that the kids in our church and the surrounding community look forward to every year.  The church hires a local petting zoo and the children parade down the center aisle of the church holding, leading, and sometimes dragging the animals.  The people in the congregation wave palm leaves and sing.  It is a really wonderful way to begin our church service and to celebrate Jesus. 
This year Jay held a little baby chick that had been dyed red.  I worried that he would be too rough with it, but he was so gentle.  He kept his hands cupped around it and proudly paraded through church.  He ended up leading the processional and everyone said he looked like he had practiced for weeks.  Here is a picture of Jay with his baby chick:

After church the petting zoo stays in the courtyard for a while so that the kids can go back and pet all the animals again.  Jay found a little rabbit that he loved.  I seriously thought we were going to have to take it home...

The petting zoo had a miniature horse with a pink mane and tail...and purple hearts painted on its coat.  The sad part of it all is that this is a male horse...poor guy! But he sure looks cute:

   
They also had a miniature cow that Jay just absolutely loved.  Jay has decided that we need one named Tinkerbell.  Can you tell we just watched Peter Pan!?   

It was a fun day, and something I am glad that Jay will grow up being able to do.  :0)